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Ranked #1 in six out of seven IP categories, more than any other law firm. (The Legal 500, 2019) [10] Ranked as a Tier 1 law firm in more than a dozen U.S. and international IP categories. (IAM Patent 1000, 2019) [11] Named “D.C. Intellectual Property Litigation Department of the Year” (The National Law Journal, 2018, 2019) [12]
In January 1879, the firm was founded in New York City as Browne & Witter through the partnership of Causten Browne and William C. Witter. Soon thereafter, the firm was renamed Browne, Witter and Kenyon after William H. Kenyon joined the partnership. In 1899, Kenyon became one of the first law firms to hire a female attorney.
The company's name was chosen when two regional intellectual property law firms, Allegretti & Witcoff and Banner, Birch, McKie & Beckett, joined forces to create a national firm. [2] The firm opened the Chicago office of Banner & Witcoff in 1937. Subsequent offices were opened in Washington, DC (1960), Boston, MA (1985) and Portland, OR (1997).
[citation needed] In 2011, the firm had about 60 attorneys working in intellectual property. [9] In 2014, Kramer Levin hired Jeffrey Mulligan, former executive director of New York City's Board of Standards and Appeals and a former official of the Department of City Planning, as a planning and development specialist in the firm's land use ...
The firm's first-year associates are paid a salary of US $215,000. [36] 2018. Crain's New York recognized Cooley on its 100 Best Places to Work in New York City list as the #4 best large company and the #1 law firm. [37]
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton is an American multinational law firm headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.The firm has twenty-two [2] offices, including U.S. offices in Arizona, California, Colorado, Illinois, New York, North Carolina, Texas, Washington State, and the District of Columbia, and has presence via international offices in Japan, Beijing, [3] Shanghai, and Sweden.
In February 2021, Taft opened an office in Washington, D.C. [16] On December 31, 2022, Taft opened an office in Detroit, Michigan through a merger with Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss. [17] On Jan. 1, 2025, Taft completed its merger with the Denver law firm, Sherman & Howard L.L.C., effectively expanding into the Mountain West region. [18]
Steptoe ranked 19th among Am Law 200 firms in The American Lawyer's 2015 pro bono report, [10] based on average hours spent on and breadth of commitment to pro bono work. . The firm's pro bono efforts have been recognized by the Animal Legal Defense Fund, [11] the John Carroll Society, [12] the Children's Law Center, [13] the Lex Mundi Pro Bono Foundation, [14] and the ABA Death Penalty ...